Connector for telephone and other wires.



No. 832,876. I v PATEN'IIBD 001". 9. 1906; c. L. PBIRGE, JR. CONNECTOR FOR TELEPHONE AND OTHER WIRES.

APPLIGATI OH FILED MAY 31, 1905.

UNITED sTApEs PATENT-OFFICE.

CHARLES L. PEIRCE, JR.,

SPECIALTY COMPANY, ILLINOIS.

oaei-uoiico', ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T was OF CHICAGO, ILLINO1S,A CORPORATION OF "CONNECTOR FORTELEPHONE AND OTHER-WIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented bet. :9, 1906 Application filed May 31', 1905. Serial No. 263.1 15.

terns, although capable of use where meeting line-wires of any electric circuit are to be electrically united.

-My invention'in a sim 1e and preferred form is illustrated in th accompanying drawings, wherein I I Figure 1 is an end elevational view of the of the clamping-bolt.

other wires which are to nected by the device of device as it appears in operative osition. Fig. 2 is a side elevational viewof t e same. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of opposite sides of the principal body member of the clamp. Fig. 5 is an end elevational view of the latter. Fig. 6 is a detail elevational view Fig.7 is a side elevational view, detached,of the intermediate conductor-plate; and Fig. 8 is a plan view of a blank from which the body member of the clamp is bent up.

Referring to the drawings, 10 and 11 may designate a pair ()1 line-circuit telephone or be electrically conmy invention. For the urpose of illustrating the chief intend ed application of the device 10 maybe assumed to be a, main-line telephone wire and 11 a branch line-wire leading off to a subscribers station on the main line, which wires are to be connected so as to be in electrical communi'cation by the device of my invention.

12 designates the principal body member of the connecting device which may be convenjently and cheaply formed from a blank of elastic sheet metal, preferably brass, such as shown in-Fig. 8. said blank being suitably punched or stamped to provide a pair of holes 13, which when the device is bent into the U shape illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5 register with each other to receive a clamping-bolt 14.

i said blank being further assemb ed the'manner p loose and back off t a'pertured at its con ter, as shown by hereinafter described.

ductorlate, preferably of co er, said being 0 substantially the widt li of the I 12 at one end and at its opposite end tapering to a point 16. This plateis also provided with a substantiallycentral hole 17. The fastening-bolt 14 has a head 14" and between the hole 15, for a purpose 16 designates a con-';.

the inner fiat'face of the latter and the stem I or shank of the bolt is provided with a web 14", adapted, when the device is connected up, to engage anotch 13, formed in the mar-- gin oi one of the holes 13, to thereby prevent the bolt from turning when the clamping-nut lS'and lock-nut 19 are applied thereto.

It will be observed that the upper opposite end portions of the transversely crimped pair of seats 11 and 12 for the wires 10'and 11, respectively.

In applying" the connector the' parts are plainly indicated in Figs. 1 2, the plate 16 lying between the sides of the body 12, with its point or tongue 16 engaged with .the hole 15, which forms a seat therefor to prevent either lateral or ed ewise displacement of the plate, and the c amping-bolt 14 passed throu h the registering apertures of said body an plate.

The adjacent en'ds of the Wires to be connected are passed through the upper portion of the body 12, one on either side of the intermediate condueting-p ate, said wires on turning. up the nuts 18 and 19 being very U-shaped body 12.are l or bent to provide a,

rigidly and securely clamped in the grooves I or seats 12" and 12 and pressed hard against the intervening copperconduetor-plate, thereby establishing ample electrical conduction between said wires across or through said conductor-plate. The sides of the U-shaped body being resilient and tending to sprin apart forces the threads of the nuts 18 an 19 hard into/frictional engagement with the cooperating thread of the bolt, thereby preventing any tendency of said nuts to work I bolt. The engagement of $6 ti on late 16 1th- 1; e he e 15 in the bend of the ody maintains said eonductorlatein true central relation to the sides of t e body and the conducting-wires connected thereby, the

point of the, conductorcdnductor-plate against displacement. To remove the connector, it is necessary only to take the nu ts 18 and 19 off the bolt and sepaare the sides of the bod 12 sufiiciently to withdraw the wires 10 an 11.

' Not being permanently secured to either of the wires 10 or 11 in the event that either of said wires is destroyed or discarded,- the clamp is readily apilicable to a new or substituted Wire. Asl e from its use to connect main and branch wires of tele hone and other circuits it may convenient y be used .to connect .in fuses and in many other rela tions here a simple connectingdevice is required between two wires which ,are to ,constitnte a continuous conductor for an current.

y iiuction therefor herein shown and descriiw. as it isev-ident that the details and forms of theseveral parts might be consider- ,ably modified without de arting from the [spirit or lessening anyoft ebenefits of the vl clairn- 1. A connector for telephone and other wires corn rising aclarnping member having substantialy parallel sides, a plate of conducting material inserted betweenit he sides oi sai (damning .mem er, and rneansflior drawing the sides of sai elarnpinglncemher together upon the .Wires whereby ,to clamp the latter \againstthe' opposite sidesof said v co ml i1cting-plate, substantially as described.

2. A connector for telephone and other Wilcscomprising a generally U shaped clamp not limitthe invention to thespecific aeae're having seats for the wires to be connected formed in its inner opposed faces, a conductor: late carried by said clamp and adapted to e between said wires and means for drawing the sides of said ciamp toward said conductor-plate whereby to clamp the wires upon the'latter, substantially as described.

' 3. A connector for tele hone and other Wires comprising a general y U-shaped elastic clamp havin parallel transverse seats forthe wjres to i6 connected formed in its inner opposed faces, a con.ductorplate carried by said clamp, and adapted to he between said Wires, and means for drawing the sides ,of said clamp toward said conductorhat ter, su stantially as escribed.

4. A connector for telephone and other .rvires comprising a generally u shapedelastic clamp having seats fortthefwiresto ,be connested formed in its inner ,o p se'd .iaces nd further havinga pair of reg stering holes ormed through its sides and a v eat formed in its closed ,end, ,a condnctorsp ate carried y Said sa ami d pted t l e betwee said wires, said conductopplatehaving an a elfture in line with the apertures ofjsaid cf ampand'apoint or tongue fittingsaid seat, and a holt fand nut whcreayto drawtogether said clamp and conductor-plate upon the wires, substantially,asdescribed.

4 SAMUEL N. ,Pogsn,

l RnnERrcK OU- Goonwm.

, late, vW1 ereby ,to clam the wires upon the 

